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Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one
What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspired computer scientists to build the first “thinking machines”. But how does human intelligence actually relate to the a...
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Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one is an episode from The Economist: Babbage by The Economist. What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspired computer scientis...
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Published Mar 6, 2024, 42:57 long, audio available.
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